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Belvidere, Ills.DEAR BROTHER RUSSELL:--I enclose a list of orders forDAWN, Vol. I., with Postal Note for the amount of thememorandum. I have had much traveling to do lately in myInsurance business, more than I like; there is danger I fear ofbeing overcharged; I must try to cut off some. And yet, though Ihave not had much time for meditation and study of the Word orfor dispensing the truth to others, and therefore feel more lean, Iam glad that it has not come from any loss of appetite or relishfor the spiritual food orpage 8service, for I am very hungry and anxious for opportunities andmust make them.My Son Paul (now a Brother in Christ, you will be glad tolearn), though only in his thirteenth year, gives good evidence offull consecration; he has made a start at the colporteur work ofselling DAWN, Vol. I., and has had sufficient success to warrantthe sending of my last order of 100 copies, which were for hisuse.I enclose the subscription of a minister, Rev. S__________. Hesat down in the car seat with me to-day, and I gave him the OldTheology--Wages of Sin. After he had read it nearly through, heturned on me and said he thought I had better stop giving suchstuff out. He asked me, if I had ever saved anybody with it. Iasked him in return, if he had ever saved any one with his Goddishonoringerrors about eternal torment. I told him all we knewof the future was contained in the Book, and defied him to namea single passage proving his doctrine. Then he hedged bysaying, It is best to be on the "safe" side. This of course waseasily answered by saying that it is best to teach the truth as wefind it in God's Word, and it is not good policy to try to improveupon God's theology. Our talk was very brief, much less thanfive minutes, but much to my surprise he promised to readMILLENNIAL DAWN.W. M. WRIGHT.Mears, Mich.DEAR BRO. RUSSELL:--Second Volume of MILLENNIALDAWN, cloth bound, was safely received, and for the past fewweeks I have been feasting myself with its contents. I havealways opposed the fixing of a particular time for the setting upand establishing of the Redeemer's Kingdom; but your data soplainly established from what has hitherto been held to behidden and obscure and at the same time so much in harmonywith itself and the truth now shining so clearly, compel me toaccept it. And in accepting it I find myself both cheered andcomforted, as I realize the time is so near.